Source: kasapafmonlone.com - Vice-President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has rebuffed claims of being the brain behind the chieftaincy dispute that has rocked the people of Oguaa in the Central Region of the country.

Source: Daily Graphic Ghana - A new Yoruba chief has been installed at Konongo, bringing to an end a 55-year vacuum during which a community in the Asante Akim District of the Ashanti Region did not have a leader. He is a well-known 60-year-old businessman, Alhaji Mahama Boye Bussari Alao Akanbi, who succeeds Chief Salami Aremu, who died in 1950.

The installation was done at Ga Mashie Sunday morning. He was later outdoored at a ceremony in the palace of Ga Dzaase at Darkuman in Accra. Kingmakers conferred the stool name Tackie Teiko Tsuru II on the entrepreneur.

Source: adomonline.com - The Chief of Dodowa, Nene Teye Kwesi Okukurubuor Agyemang V, has cautioned against any campaign geared towards legalizing same-sex marriage in Ghana. The act is a taboo, he contended, and called on Ghanaians to completely ignore any calls for it to be accepted.

“I think the issue of same-sex marriage should not even be a topic for Ghanaians to discuss simply because it is not part of our tradition; this is a taboo and it’s against our traditions as far as Ghanaian tradition is concerned.

Source: Daily Graphic Ghana - The new Police Commander for the Lakeside/Ashaley Botwe District in the Greater Accra Region, ASP. Moses Osakonor has entreated the chiefs and the traditional authorities to to collaborate with the police to help curb crime and other social vices.

Source: citifmonline.com - A 13-year-old JHS pupil, Barima Kwadwo Bonsu, has been enstooled as the chief of Pakyi No 1, a town in Ashanti region.Barima Kwadwo Bonsu of the Salvation Army in Patasi was taken through some rituals at the palace on Saturday to complete his enstoolment.

Source: Today Newspaper - A Cape Coast High Court presided over by Supervising High Court Judge and Appeal Court Judge, Justice G.S. Suurebareh, has ordered the National House of Chiefs to strike out the Paramount Chief of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II’s name from its register.

Source: citifmonline.com - Following a high court ruling asking the National House of Chiefs to delete from its records, the name of the Omanhene of the Oguaa Traditional Council, reports from Cape Coast indicate fierce resistance by some residents and sub-chiefs over the ruling.

Press Release By The Association Of Chiefs And Queens For Justice, Peace And Reconciliation For The Review Of The Petroleum Exploration And Production Bill 2014

We the Members of the Association of Chiefs and Queens for Justice, Peace and Reconciliation from the Southern Sector of the Volta Region, after a careful study of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Bill, 2014, have the following observations to make:1. That the Bill is based on the Modern Concession or Modern Royalty Tax System Law, which we believe, would not yield much benefit to our dear country Ghana.